Transparant textures

Ælement

Ælement

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Dec 21, 2010
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Transparant textures not transparent :(

Hai :3

Im working on a texture pack for TF2 that contains all the current minecraft blocks!

Now, some of the blocks are partially transparant. I have tried to save their textures, both as .tga and .png, and load them into VTFEdit. But the result looks like this:
25zif41.png


Did i do something wrong? Do i have to write something special in the .vmt file? Does it only look like that in hammer?

Thx in advance :3
 
Wander

Wander

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Sep 16, 2010
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There are multiple vtf data formats, make sure you pick one that supports alpha

I've used "DXT5" for some poster textures where I needed parts to be completely transparent
For partial transparency you might need "ARGB8888"

While saving you might also need to check the "Eight Bit Alpha" image flag
 
Pocket

Pocket

Half a Lambert is better than one.
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Nov 14, 2009
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Hmm. Do you happen to have Photoshop? Because the Photoshop VTF plugin automatically converts the transparency to an alpha channel as long as you select a preset that has "with alpha" in its description or a format with an "A" in its name like BGRA8888.

Also, since you're making a Minecraft theme, here's something that might interest you. You can specify that the filtering (sort of like antialiasing, but for textures) has the same jagged-edged quality as the original game by ticking the "Point Sample" box in your VTF file.
 
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